Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-03-05
Hibernian ball, March II.

Alice" should SEND her full name.
The measles prevails in mild form at
WaverIy.
Jim Stevens. colored, was hanged for muir.
der at Princess Anne, Md, last Friday.
A number of teamsters and laborers reach.
ed here from Southwest Missouri, last Friday
evening, to go to work on the Missouri Pacific
grade below town.
BoonvilIe Star, February 24:-'The rail-
road contractors on the work above the city
now have Il good gang of men at work. aud
are progressing rapidly"
The steamer Aggle, Capt. Geo. Redell, an
old Lexington boy, towing W. barges, pass
ed up Tuesday. She will do a sand business
a. Kansas City next summer.
Miss Lenore K. Murray had but q small
house, last Saturday night. She is u pretty
petite, piquante creature, aod an ex-
cellent elocutIonist. She should have had
more encouragement.
Boonvilie NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. should be no
hitch in securing the right Of way from Boon
vile east for the Missouri Pacific road. The
enough TO make every one Of them enthusiast
tic for the enterprise"
By a mutual agreement with P. T. Barnum,
Adam Forepaugh's great show will be the
only large one to visit us the coming season,
neither will he revisit US in 1888, or during
that year, as be will tour exclusively ia the
g ist. and not return to this section until 1889.
Mr. A. Loo mis-, last Monday, removed the
last of the giant locust trees on his residence
lcT npruar nf Franklin ovonuo and EfUh.
tcenth street. In falling It struck and badly
wrecked his handsome front fence. but it has
been repaired and everything is again in ap-
pie pie order.
BoonvilIe Advertiser:-"Col Jennings and
his parry of surveyors left, Monday for Jeffer-
sou City, locating the route for the new
Pacific road from Lexington to that place.
line had already been surveyed through
Boonville to the eastern limits of the city.
Col. Jennings hopes 10 have the survey final
lg made in time to allow the commencement
OF work a. soon As the weather Is favorable"
The school board met, last Wednesday,
and ordered the necessary steps for the cleo.
ton, Tuesday, April o. The terms of Nessrs.
John and Venable will expire then. The
judges appointed were. G. A. Kriehn. J.. II.
Wielnan j. A. Price and james Peak; the
clerks, Gus. Gruber, James Anderson, S. s.
Reeder aud Eph King. No decision was
made as to the length of the school term.
Marshall. No., March IA telegram re-
ceived this evening from st. Louis, signed by
u, H. Cordell and C. G.. Page. two Of Mar
shalI's citizens. says that the $50 ,000 bond
has been accepted and work will be
ell on the Missouri Pacific extension from
mediataly. A guarrntee is given BY the
company that the road will he completed
within the year.
Marshall, Mo-, February 2s.-The Missouri
Pacific Railway ComDany has made another
and final proposition to the citizens here ask
ing a bond of s5a,0OO guaranteeing the right
of-way and depot grounds in Saline coun-
ty. Work will begin this week and
the road will be in running order by
January /, 1888. The bond will be given.
They claim that the grade, Is feet to the
mile, being so low they can make the run
fr IN Kansas City to St. Louis In six hours.
The extension from Jefferson City to Lex
ington will make the through and main line
OF the Missouri Pacific between st. Louis
and Kansas City.
Mr.. G.. KnOble reached here with his
corps, having completed the pre-
liminary survey for the Missouri Pacific ex-
tension from the LaInine tG this place, last
FRIDAY evening. He Immediately returned
TO isoungiiie in order to come over the line
again ami permanently locate 1t, from the
LamIne 10 Lexington. The route is by wsy
o. Mar-haii. From Wayerly to Lexington
il su'nes along the Missouri river bottom.
The maximum grade i, Is feet. Even this
may be reduced Il little, Mr.. Knoble saws
work will he commenced ut once In Saline
county, aad, AS soon Us the rig b of wa il
secured. in Lafayette county.
Pupils in Misses Spears and Stewart,
first ward school. ol Honor Roll ara
Scholarship. Scholarship. and grade. Fannie
Gillen sSS Lee Young 36i; Annie Steele 95s:
Ord grade, Harry Reeder $50; Willie Edelen
a5 l-G: Harry Earle S5 So; Pearl Peeder
Attn grade, Willie Gilleu, 80; Victor
oS Mollie Simms fs; Carl Wendt 81 IA
9Th grade. Maggie Muiligan St; Birdie IJtt
81; LYMAN t;eeder 81; Forrest Esthsrton 9s. |
eth grade, JGlia GIllsn 81; Annie Gipsop a5.
III grade, Della EathertOn ST; VIII Gipsop
BE- Claude Luellen Sc; Adam Flockhsrt S.,
AIbert Gipson 81. Honor Roll, John Simms.
Standish, Nav Frazier, Leah Ander.
son, Elsie Wendt, Ed Bullsrd, Herman
Roberts, Frank Steele, Paul Young, Robert
Roberts, Mary RidinRs.